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What I learned in "school" today

Lukens

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There's no way in **** to rewire the instrument panel on a TR3 and have it look like anything other than a backlash.
At least I know all the connections are good, but it still looks a mess.
 

Geo Hahn

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When I did the TR3A I made a full size cardboard mock-up of the dash and then wired it -- made it easy to do a neat job and then transfer all connections to the real thing. Of course, the main reason I did this was that the car (and dash) were at the body shop for more than a year. Taught me some patience though and the results were good.

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Am now doing an E-Type and that drop-down center panel is great -- though I also removed the top dash pad (4 nuts) for total access. More complicated to be sure but made to be serviced by people with normal sized hands and fingers.
 

mgedit

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I found slapping together a little platform was a big help when wiring the gauges. Cheers, Mike

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